Brooke @ The Lover List

Brooke is a writer, designer & life lover. Her web design biz for bloggers, The Lover Lab, pays the bills and in her spare time she likes to swing from wrecking balls and ride unicorns. Brooke’s mission is to dig deep, inspire, provide laughter and inject a whole lotta love into her readers. She believes love radiates in us every day, life doesn’t have to be serious and champagne is always a good idea at 7am.

Nesting. The uncontrollable urge to organise your home, clean the house and prepare a nest for the new baby. It’s hit me. Hit me hard. My whole world is organised to within a inch of it’s life. Furniture has been…

Most woman dream about their baby shower from a young age. Cupcakes. Balloons. Pretty Flowers. Blush pink everywhere. Fat chick in a chair eating everything. My bestie, Jess, is the beez kneez. Jess was busting to plan and host an…

Weeks: 28weeks Cravings: Still fruit. I can’t get enough fruit. Harris Farm is making a killing from me! And I can’t walk past a bakery without entering. Anything flaky and filled with custard is getting into my guts. Baby size:…

I will never forget the first time I met Kim in person. We met at a hotel near Central Station in Sydney and her laughter was cheeky and infectious. I instantly liked her and our souls connected. It felt like…

This mumma-to-be has loads of questions surrounding all things baby related. This baby stuff is seriously overwhelming at times and I have NO CLUE what I need, what I don’t need. Mr Lover and I walked into Baby Bunting recently…

1. Make peace with your past so it won’t disturb your present. You are not your trauma. You are not your divorce. You are not your abuse. Past experiences do not define you. In essence you define you. Every thought,…

Rejection has often been compared to the stages of grief. There’s the Anger stage, quickly followed by Denial before Heartbreak and Loneliness arrive. Then Depression and Blame turn up like a tornado and decide to drop anchor right on top…